Los Angeles (LAX) – San Jose (SJC)
- Distance
- 496 km
- 308 mi · 268 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 8 min / 1 h 19 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → SJC / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 114 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (67 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 767,258
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −26.4%
- Flights / week
- 182
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 70%
- 1,096,339 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 6
- WN, OO, DL
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from LAX
- 321°
- Heading from SJC
- 139°
- Halfway point
- 35.67, -120.13
- Great-circle km
- 496 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → SJC
- 50 min
- In the air SJC → LAX
- 53 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 75,408 |
| Sep 2025 | 70,436 |
| Oct 2025 | 81,262 |
| Nov 2025 | 67,013 |
| Dec 2025 | 67,024 |
| Jan 2026 | 50,101 |
| Feb 2026 | 49,807 |
| Mar 2026 | 60,182 |
| Apr 2026 | 51,570 |
| May 2026 | 63,359 |
| Jun 2026 | 66,394 |
| Jul 2026 | 64,702 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 952 |
| Sep 2025 | 891 |
| Oct 2025 | 994 |
| Nov 2025 | 814 |
| Dec 2025 | 811 |
| Jan 2026 | 647 |
| Feb 2026 | 632 |
| Mar 2026 | 695 |
| Apr 2026 | 677 |
| May 2026 | 759 |
| Jun 2026 | 779 |
| Jul 2026 | 813 |
Airlines flying LAX–SJC nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 71 | 48% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 75 | 30% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 21 | 12% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 4.3 | 5% |
| QXHorizon Air | 11 | 4% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 0.3 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 4,468 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 2,209 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 1,078 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 941 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 533 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 136 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 67 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 25 flights
Also carried: 349 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 86%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 8,949
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 91.7% | 6 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 79.6% | 11 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 89.4% | 6 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 79.1% | 12 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 39% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 9% · weather 5% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $211
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $167
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 51% of passengers · $200
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 51% of passengers · $200
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $147 · Q3 2025 $155 · Q4 2025 $170 · Q1 2026 $211).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $215, likely $191–$245
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.8%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 496 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.